After making their fans and followers wait for months, the Finnish multinational communications and information technology company is now back at the mobile market with the release of their first ever Android-powered smartphone – the Nokia 6.

Mobile Market Share Q1 2009 – Q3 2016

HMD Global, the Finnish firm that owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on smartphones, unveiled the Nokia 6 in China through JD.COM (Jingdong Mall) last January 19 at exactly 10 am.

The pre-registrations reached over a million ahead of the on sale date and within a minute, all units are sold.

Their decision to launch the newest Nokia phone only in China (for now) reflects the desire of the brand to meet the needs of consumers in different markets around the globe.

According to statistics, China has 552 million smartphone users in 2016 and it’s predicted to reach more than 590 million this year.

For Nokia fans outside China or for those people who just wanted to try and test their newest smartphone, you might have to wait until the end of February.

HMD said that they will introduce a series of Nokia smartphones this year and is planning a major announcement at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that will start on February 27 and will end on March 2, 2017.

A rumored Nokia P1 concept surface online

The Nokia P1, HMD Global’s flagship Android smartphone bearing the famous brand name, may be unveiled at MWC 2017. Today, a concept video on YouTube imagines how the Nokia P1 could look like.

The video shows Carl-Zeiss lens at the back, a home button with an embedded fingerprint scanner up front, and a metal chassis.

Of course this is just a concept render, the actual Nokia P1 phone may end up looking completely different.

The Nokia brand is hoping that this newest smartphone and their partnership with HMD can take them to the top of mobile market that they once enjoyed.

Nokia was the most popular mobile phone brand for more than a decade (1990s).